diff --git a/modules/lang/java/autoload.el b/modules/lang/java/autoload.el
index 45c27aa1e..f4a1eeacf 100644
--- a/modules/lang/java/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/lang/java/autoload.el
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +java|android-mode-maybe ()
-  (when (project-file-exists-p! (or "local.properties"
-                                    "AndroidManifest.xml"
+  "Enable `android-mode' if this looks like an android project.
+
+It determines this by the existence of AndroidManifest.xml or
+src/main/AndroidManifest.xml."
+  (when (project-file-exists-p! (or "AndroidManifest.xml"
                                     "src/main/AndroidManifest.xml"))
-    (android-mode +1)
-    (doom/set-build-command "./gradlew %s" "build.gradle")))
+    (android-mode +1)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +java-current-package ()